Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1885-1892 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
139 ff. including insertions (foliated 1-92) ; 275 x 220 mm.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The volume was discovered by the donor's father in the basement of No. 51 Frith Street, Soho, London; it was in the donor's possession from the mid 1960s.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Nicholas Costa; Paphos, Cyprus; Donation; January 2020; 991026237602419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Scrapbook, 1885-1892, compiled by the amateur actor Augustus Spalding, a close friend and supporter of the opera singer Adelina Patti, containing press cuttings, photographs, printed items, letters and ephemera.
The volume contains material relating to Patti's wedding to Ernesto Nicolini (ff. 11 verso-12 verso, 12c, 13), various charity concerts in Swansea and Brecon (ff. 17-20, 30-31 verso, 41a-b, 42-43, 81-84 verso), her tour of South America in 1888 (in particular Buenos Aires and Montevideo) (ff. 32 verso-36, 39 verso-41 verso), engravings of Craig-y-Nos Castle (ff. 43 verso-45), her birthday party, 19 February 1889 (ff. 50 verso-51), performances at the Patti Theatre, Craig-y-Nos (ff. 62 verso, 67, 78-80 verso, 85), and the Grand Autumn Concert Tour of 1890 (f. 63 recto-verso), all being events in which Spalding participated. The majority of the material however relates to Spalding's acting activities as a member of the Old Stagers during the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, and with the Windsor Strollers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- French
- Spanish
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some French and Spanish.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Repaired and re-backed at NLW, September 2020.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919 (Subject)
- Nicolini, Ernest, 1834-1898 (Subject)
- Adelina Patti Theatre (Subject)
- Craig-y-nos Castle (Powys, Wales) (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2021.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.